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The Maya - People of the Maize
by Diana L Driver
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Learn about the Maya, a brilliant and bloodthirsty culture, with ominous predictions about the end of the Fourth Age of Creation on December 21, 2012? The Maya created a civilization based on terror and human sacrifice and yet managed to excel in the arts, writing, mathematics, astronomy, and the building of temple structures that rival the Egyptian pyramids. However, by the time the Spanish arrived, most of the great Mayan cities had been abandoned and reclaimed by the jungle. Why did this happ... more info>> (Published: 2009)
Words: 21575 - Reading Time: 61-86 min.
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Bryson's Dictionary of Troublesome Words [Secure]
by Bill Bryson
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One of the English language's most skilled and beloved writers guides us all toward precise, mistake-free usage. As usual Bill Bryson says it best: "English is a dazzlingly idiosyncratic tongue, full of quirks and irregularities that often seem willfully at odds with logic and common sense. This is a language where 'cleave' can mean to cut in half or to hold two halves together; where the simple word 'set' has 126 different meanings as a verb, 58 as a noun, and 10 as a participial adjective; whe... more info>> (Published: 2002)
Words: 90000 - Reading Time: 257-360 min.
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Cults, Conspiracies, and Secret Societies: The Straight Scoop on Freemasons, the Illuminati, Skull and Bones, Black Helicopters, the New World Order, and many, many more [Secure]
by Arthur Goldwag
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Did you know? • Freemasonry's first American lodge included a young Benjamin Franklin among its members. • The Knights Templar began as impoverished warrior monks then evolved into bankers. • Groom Lake, Dreamland, Homey Airport, Paradise Ranch, The Farm, Watertown Strip, Red Square, “The Box,” are all names for Area 51. An indispensable guide, Cults, Conspiracies, and Secret Societies connects the dots and sets the record straight on a host of greedy gurus and murd... more info>>
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Demons & Madmen
by Christopher J. Kurtz
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Demons and Madmen examines the phenomenon of serial murder through new theories and case studies of some of the most destructive murderers of modern times. The book is based on Dr. Kurtz's courses in the Psychology of Serial Murder and serves as both an introductory text to the field as well as a reference book for more advanced scholars and law enforcement officials. (Published: 2002)
Words: 78183 - Reading Time: 223-312 min.
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How to Become a Straight-A Student: The Unconventional Strategies Real College Students Use to Score High while Studying Less [Secure]
by Cal Newport
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Looking to jumpstart your GPA? Most college students believe that straight A's can be achieved only through cramming and painful all-nighters at the library. But Cal Newport knows that real straight-A students don't study harder--they study smarter. A breakthrough approach to acing academic assignments, from quizzes and exams to essays and papers, How to Become a Straight-A Student reveals for the first time the proven study secrets of real straight-A students across the country and weaves them ... more info>>
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The 10% Solution: Self-editing for the Modern Writer
by Ken Rand
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A short, quick, easy-to-use handbook to help new and advanced writers of fiction and nonfiction, any genre or length, write better. Writers will see quantifiable results instantly. (Published: 1998)
Words: 14251 - Reading Time: 40-57 min.
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The Modern Library Writer's Workshop [Secure]
by Stephen Koch
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?Make [your] characters want something right away?even if it's only a glass of water. Characters paralyzed by the meaninglessness of modern life still have to drink water from time to time." ?Kurt Vonnegut??The cat sat on the mat? is not the beginning of a story, but ?the cat sat on the dog's mat? is." ?John Le CarréNothing is more inspiring for a beginning writer than listening to masters of the craft talk about the writing life. But if you can't get Vladimir Nabokov, Virginia Woolf, and Gabrie... more info>>
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The Slippery Art of Book Reviewing
by Mayra Calvani, Anne K. Edwards
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Are you passionate about books? Do you have a talent for easily capturing the essence of a book after having read it? Do you often feel the desire to share your thoughts about a book with readers? If you answered 'Yes' to these questions, then book reviewing can be one of the most satisfying, rewarding activities you'll ever undertake. In fact, book reviewing can become addictive. I started reviewing in 1998. Back then, I wished someone had written a book with all there is to know about book rev... more info>> (Published: 2008) EPIC eBook Award Finalist, ForeWord Magazine Book of the Year Award Finalist, USA Book News Best Book Award Finalist
Words: 43877 - Reading Time: 125-175 min.
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What Do You Say When...Talking to People with Confidence on any Social or Business Occasion [Secure]
by Florence Isaacs
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Have you ever walked alone into a room of chattering people and felt nervous? Is the idea of attending a wedding or job interview where you won't know many people intimidating? The art of conversation is a necessary skill for navigating life's social and business occasions, and with practice you can develop the ability to easily talk to people. What Do You Say When ... is a smart, useful tool that helps you assess all situations and approach people with confidence.When you can chat easily and kn... more info>>
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101 Auction Secrets Revealed
by Tim Campbell
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In the coming pages, I am going to share with you some auction secrets I have picked up during my time selling with auctions. They are all yours. 101 of them to be exact. Boost your profits and your bids. Online auctions have become a way of life and a great source of income. Learn how to maximize your returns.
Words: 16138 - Reading Time: 46-64 min.
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12 World Religions Instantly
by Vladimir Strejcek
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12 World Religions Instantly should help to get quick information about the main 12 world religions instantly. Chronologically posted questions about 12 world religions are answered in a simple way. To become familiar with names like: Moses, Abraham, Buddha, Krishna, Christ, Muhammad and relate them to specific religion will help us to orient quickly in religious history. 12 World Religions Instantly is here for those who wish to expand their knowledge on this subject in a very short time. (Published: 2007)
Words: 10529 - Reading Time: 30-42 min.
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A Book of Ages: An Eccentric Miscellany of Great and Offbeat Moments in the Lives of the Famous and Infamous, Ages 1 to 100 [Secure]
by Eric Hanson
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Age Isn't Just A Number--It's A Way Of Keeping Score. This Is Your Scorecard. The day we turn any age, we become contemporaries of everyone who has ever been that age, and it becomes our business to know that Bob Dylan wrote "Blowin' in the Wind" when he was twenty, Orson Welles cowrote, directed, and starred in Citizen Kane when he was twenty-five, Winston Churchill was fired from the Admiralty when he was forty and took up painting, and Jane Austen died, unmarried and mostly unknown, when she ... more info>>
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A La Wolf [Sanctuary Moon: Second Howl]
by Melody Knight
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Vixen is cool, interesting, in control. Too bad that Vixen is really Esther, a werewolf with aspirations to better things. In an attempt to spice up her life, she decides to visit The Fold, a nightclub with a dubious reputation. The place is notorious, as well as being the monthly starting point for The Hunt. When The Hunt goes wrong, Esther's rescuer is someone much closer to her heart than she ever suspected. What she's actually hunting for isn't Vixen, but Gregor, the wolf, and man, of her dr... more info>> (Published: 2009)
Words: 13412 - Reading Time: 38-53 min.
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A Writer's Coach: An Editor's Guide to Words That Work [Secure]
by Jack Hart
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A practical, innovative step-by-step approach to the writing process from one of the most acclaimed writing coaches in the country. In A Writer's Coach, Jack Hart--a managing editor at The Oregonian--shares the wisdom with which he has coached reporters to Pulitzer Prize--winning success. He gives invaluable advice on gathering ideas, writing theme statements and outlines, and using the "ladder of abstraction" to add variety and texture to writing. He provides a lexicon of lead sentences. He sha... more info>>
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Advance Your Swagger: How to Use Manners, Confidence, and Style to Get Ahead [Secure]
by Fonzworth Bentley
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“My manners were the first ingredient that set me apart from my peers,” notes the suave and stylish Fonzworth Bentley, Sean “Diddy” Combs’s former personal assistant and a celebrity in his own right. Now, in this one-of-a-kind book, Bentley shares his surefire strategies for success.
Just how does a guy move from Atlanta to New York City without knowing a soul in the entertainment industry and become, in less than two years, the P.A. to one of the biggest moguls in hip-hop history? Bentley at... more info>>
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Bartending Made Easy
by Janette Dixon
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Bartending Made Easy is the guide for every bartender or wanna be bartender. In plain words Janette Dixon shows you how to be an expert at bartending so all your parties can be a smash.
Words: 6527 - Reading Time: 18-26 min.
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Book Promo 101 [Book 1 in the How to Promote Your Book Series]
by Nikki Leigh
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This first in a series of books on how to promote your published work is by an author who speaks from long experience. Not only does she offer her own expertise, but she has also collected quotes from many of the best people in the business when it comes to getting their books "out there" and getting them noticed by reviewers, the press, and readers' groups (Published: 2007)
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Bryson's Dictionary for Writers and Editors [Secure]
by Bill Bryson
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From one of America's most beloved and bestselling authors, a wonderfully useful and readable guide to the problems of the English language most commonly encountered by editors and writers. What is the difference between "immanent" and "imminent"? What is the singular form of graffiti? What is the difference between "acute" and "chronic"? What is the former name of "Moldova"? What is the difference between a cardinal number and an ordinal number? One of the English language's most skilled writer... more info>>
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Cooking Well: Beautiful Skin: Over 75 Antioxidant-Rich Recipes for Glowing Skin [Secure]
by Elizabeth Tenhouten
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Thousands of skincare products promise beautiful skin without providing real results, and it's time for a practical and effective way of achieving healthier skin. Cooking Well: Beautiful Skin harnesses the scientifically proven benefits of antioxidants for skin health, providing you with the tools necessary for achieving glowing, radiant skin from the inside out. Antioxidants have been proven to effectively counteract free-radicals, or chemicals in the body responsible for the effects of aging. ... more info>>
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Designing Logos: The Process of Creating Symbols That Endure [Secure]
by Jack Gernsheimer
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What makes a logo good or bad? Why do some logos still look great after decades of service? Designers, educators, students, marketing specialists, and fans of design need look no further than this invaluable sourcebook for answers to these questions and many more. Packed with tips and lavishly illustrated, Designing Logos is an accessible reference for the design and implementation of a logo—from the initial creative thought process, through the presentation of logo alternatives to a client, to ... more info>>
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Diaper-Free Before 3: The Healthier Way to Toilet Train and Help your Child Out of Diapers Sooner [Secure]
by Jill M. Lekovic, M.D.
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Conventional wisdom tells parents that they should delay potty training to toddler age, and only after seeing signs of readiness. But is that really the best way? In Diaper-Free Before 3, Dr. Jill Lekovic presents the new case that early training--beginning as early as nine months olds--is most natural, healthy, and beneficial for your child, based on medical evidence. By incoporating the potty into your child's routine early on, toilet training becomes far less stressful for both parent and chi... more info>>
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Different Blood: The Vampire As Alien
by Margaret L. Carter
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Different blood flows in their veins--but our blood quenches their thirst. From Bram Stoker's 1897 creation of Count Dracula, portrayed as a foreign invader bent on the conquest of England, the literary vampire has symbolized the Other, whether his or her otherness arises from racial, ethnic, sexual, or species difference. Even before the bloodsucking Martians of H. G. Wells' War of the Worlds, however, popular fiction contained a few vampires who were members of alien species rather than supern... more info>> (Published: 2004) EPIC eBook Award Finalist
Words: 60786 - Reading Time: 173-243 min.
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Eat & Beat Diabetes with Picture Perfect Weight Loss [Secure]
by Howard Shapiro
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Ask any doctor or nutritionist who treats patients with diabetes: the first focus for controlling the disease is a healthy eating plan. But typical plans have been all about what you can't eat and what to do if you fall prey to a craving. Now a diabetic's day might start with a smoked salmon-and-dill omelet, continue to a lunch of three-bean chili, and finish with a dinner of grilled shrimp with a dessert of chocolate terrine. It's a kind of eating that virtually guarantees not just control of t... more info>>
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Escape the Slush Pile [Mastering the Query Letter and Other Publishing Secrets]
by MaryJanice Davidson
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A must-have for any writer interested in seeing their work published, Escape the Slush Pile will show you how to get and keep the interest of editors, whether you're writing magazine articles or novels. From actual examples of queries that resulted in contracts, to the difference between an e-mail query and a snail mail query, to how to write a synopsis that will pique an editor's interest, Escape the Slush Pile is your ticket out of the slush pile and onto the best-seller list. (Published: 2001)
Words: 41434 - Reading Time: 118-165 min.
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How to Become a Famous Writer Before You're Dead: Your Words in Print and Your Name in Lights [Secure]
by Ariel Gore
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This may come as a shock, but brilliant writing and clever wordplay do not a published author make. True, you'll actually have to write if you want to be a writer, but ultimately literary success is about much more than putting pen to paper (or fingers to keys). Before you snap your pencil in half with frustration, please consider the advice writer, teacher, and self-made lit star Ariel Gore offers in this useful guide to realizing your literary dreams. If you find yourself writing when you shou... more info>>
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